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TAR 19 EP 11 "We Are Charlie Chaplin" (Panama City, Panama)
theschnauzers:
I was wondering if the Tintin task was related to the Steven Spielburg movie that either has just or is about to be released. I was half-expecting a reference to the film (as TAR 9 did with the DaVinci Code).
So I was surprised about the lack of mention. I will say the producers did manage to find an actor/model who could look just like Tintin, but I'm still not sure if it really had anything to do with Brussels or with Belgium. But that was a good middle-of-the-night task that slowed down the teams to a preferred flight to Panama (after the train) and gave Phil and Bert more time to get to Panama ahead of the teams.
kiki:
--- Quote from: theschnauzers on December 05, 2011, 11:53:44 AM ---I was wondering if the Tintin task was related to the Steven Spielburg movie that either has just or is about to be released. I was half-expecting a reference to the film (as TAR 9 did with the DaVinci Code).
So I was surprised about the lack of mention. I will say the producers did manage to find an actor/model who could look just like Tintin, but I'm still not sure if it really had anything to do with Brussels or with Belgium. But that was a good middle-of-the-night task that slowed down the teams to a preferred flight to Panama (after the train) and gave Phil and Bert more time to get to Panama ahead of the teams.
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TinTin is Belgian! Herge, the creator of TinTin, lived in Brussels. TinTin is like a national icon!
georgiapeach:
Slowhatch thought so too:
--- Quote from: Slowhatch on December 05, 2011, 12:50:21 AM ---Eh, another plug, same as Ford.
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Neobie:
Tintin is definitely very Belgian. When I think of Belgium I think waffles, the EU, and Tintin, all of which the race actually managed to cover. Nice!
(The EU visit was slightly contrived, a translation task between the gazillion languages the organisation uses - and has to translate on a daily basis - would be epic.)
Prophet:
It's obviously subliminal marketing for the movie. ( It's working)
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